anderer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (David G Anderer) (05/08/89)
We've got a number of Novell servers scattered around campus. (They're generic '286 and '386 boxes running SFT 2.10 thru 2.15). We also have extensive fiber being installed as a campus backbone running at 80 Mbit using Proteons hardware. (ProNET-80). The supported protocol on this network is IP. How can we use this fiber backbone to connect our Novell servers in a server-to-server fashion? (Note, terminal-to-server isn't the question.) Can server-to-server be done today over IP in the Novell world? If not, does Proteon sell an interface that supports IPX? Are there other ideas? -- Dave Anderer Academic Computing and Instructional Technology University of Delaware
gardner@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (05/09/89)
Proteon does sell IPX for their p4100 and p4200 routers. It adds about $1000 to the cost of each router. Novell is moving toward IP connectivity - beat on them even if you have to buy IPX in the short term. We (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) have the same situation, only we would have to buy it for a lot of routers as we run 4 different Proteon rings. IPX on the backbone is our last resort. mgg
tom@rsp.UUCP (Thomas Ruf) (05/09/89)
In article <3567@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>, anderer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (David G Anderer) writes: > > We've got a number of Novell servers scattered around campus..... > .... Can server-to-server be done today over IP in the Novell world? > Dave Anderer [VENDOR MODE ON] Yes, it can be done. We recently introduced a product that does exactly - i.e. it routes IPX over IP paths. If you want more information, please email. [VENDOR MODE OFF] Thomas -- Thomas Ruf Schneider & Koch GmbH {uunet,mcvax}!unido!rsp!tom West-Germany